You’ve looked high and low for an affordable place to live without success. Then you tour a new type of apartment you can afford but it comes with roomates. That’s not so bad…or is it?
Check out this trendy Brooklyn home, but Brownstone Shared Housing has brought a new housing concept that is affordable, albeit small, to Palo Alto.
The shared housing company is renting “sleeping pods” at $800 a month, where people sleep in a chamber within a room that is a bit wider than a twin bed but more than tall enough to sit up in. Residents share the kitchen and other living areas, according to the company’s website.
The idea is to make housing in the Bay Area affordable. There’s just month-to-month rent, with no big deposit and first and last-month’s rent. Would-be residents just need to apply online. Utilities and high-speed internet are included.
The fledgling company offers two homes: a midcentury home in the Midtown neighborhood and a home in Bakersfield. The Palo Alto home offers on-site laundry, outdoor space, monthly cleaning and bright, open modern spaces.
The Palo Alto home can accommodate 14 people. The pods, which look like brightly lit stackable storage cubes, are arranged bunk-bed style in two stories. They have their own temperature control and air circulation, electrical outlet shelf space and a rack for hanging clothes.
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